The British Retail Consortium (BRC) trade association asserted on Tuesday that its members are focused on sourcing seafood responsibly in response to the release of a critical report by the Changing Markets Foundation (CMF) linking top UK supermarkets and illegal, unsustainable fishing operations in India, Vietnam and Gambia that supply feed ingredients for farmed seafood products.
CMF's researchers claim Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, Lidl, Aldi, Asda, Iceland, Morrison’s, Waitrose and The Co-Op sell farmed seafood products, including salmon and shrimp, that are causing fish stocks to collapse and taking a key source of protein away from some of the world’s poorest communities because of the aquaculture industry’s reliance on fishmeal and fish oil for fish feed.
